Ten Reasons Why I Am Being A Slacker At Work…

1. Daylight Savings time is kicking my butt….I can barely function today because of lack of sleep.

2. I am so nervous about this weekend’s race. This is a very hard trail and I know I am going to biff it!

3. Spring Break officially starts tomorrow afternoon, therefore why do work?

4. I’m trying to plan out my Spring Break.

5. I’m too busy planning what to do for Mike for his birthday.

6. The kids are watching a video today, so its way easy.

7. I much rather be outside because the weather is GORGEOUS.

8. The only thing I should work on is grading papers and I hate doing that.

9. The other thing I could work on is bills and I hate doing that more than grading papers.

10. Because I don’t feel like working. 🙂

What’s Been Going On?

We have been trying to fix the Lexus to sell it to pay off the bills…no luck yet, but we are still working on it.

Matt and Kandi moved to Colorado so we helped them pack up the truck and head off on their new adventure!

We have been preparing for the Coyote Classic on March 21st…lots of people have entered..wish us luck!

Brent got a new bike similar to Mike’s..so they are both sporting an Intense!

Disneyland Silliness!

I was a little nervous taking Mike to Disneyland because I ws hoping he would have a great time like I always do….judging by the pictures…I think the mission was a positive one.

Here are some clips of the trip!

Main Street!

Mike running with the crowd at California Adventure!

Mickey Fireworks!

On Toy Story Mania!

Splash Mountain….soaked!


Our castle picture. 🙂

My husband is one silly man…

The famous picture spot.

Eating at Bubba Gumps.


Mike’s first time on the Tower of Terror.


The hotel we stayed at.

Huntington Beach. Surf City U.S.A.

So Mike and I got to go to California last weekend and we loved it! 🙂 It was nice to be able to get out of town and I really, really missed California. We flew into John Wayne Airport and then took off to Huntington first thing. Love that place!

We ran into Wee-man…Mike was so excited!

I was so happy to be at the beach!


The pier.


Surf City!

We had to have some Wahoo’s fish tacos!

Latest Happenings…

So I have been a slacker with the blogging…so I thought I would get on here and update the blog. Here are some things we have been up to:

Christa and I ran a 5K this past weekend….we made our goal and didn’t come in dead last. 🙂


Mike is preparing for his national race in Tucson this weekend. He has worked so hard and has a really good team. I am so excited for him!

Guess where we are going next weekend???? 🙂

Is it sad that at career day at school today, that I was the only person asking for information on nursing even though it was meant for my students. P.S. Is it also sad I wanted to do all of the careers they talked about?


And that, in a nutshell, is pretty much what has been going on.

Random Thoughts.

Since Mike started this 6pm to 2am shift, I have been home by myself….A LOT! I was excited to be able to sit down and watch TV and movies and read, but after a while…it gets old! Anyway, I seriously start talking to myself and want to talk to someone about random things. So here are some random things I would like to express, just for the sake of expression.

1. I really want to go on a shopping spree and buy fashionable things. I swear all I own are t-shirts and jeans. I need a change.

2. I thought I killed my other toad at school because I had not seen him for a week. He had somehow burrowed his way in the dirt, and I knew that, but I was thinking it was like his three legged brother who buried himself to die. So yesterday I got the guts to go check and used a paper towel roll to try and find him and lo and behold I saw breathing. So yes, he is still alive. Come to find out, they hibernate in winter. I know, very random…but I was so worried!

3. Thank goodness Subway brought back the Buffalo Chicken sandwich. Come to find out it is only in our region, according to the Subway manager.

4. I want to rent a condo in Huntington Beach during Spring Break. I miss the beach.

5. I want to mountain bike every day of my life, but have to choose between spending 45 minutes with Mike or immediately hitting the road to hit the trails before it gets dark. Not to mention it has been raining and windy all week, which makes me mad. I wish I could just ride by myself, but I don’t want to ride alone in the dark!

6. I slept for twelve hours last night and don’t regret it one bit.

7. Disneyland. February 20-22…I am so excited! It will be Mike’s first time so I am really nervous.

8. It’s almost February and we still don’t have our Christmas lights down. I’m too scared to climb on the roof.

9. I overheard one of my students saying that sometimes I sound like a man. I always hear random things they say about me even though they think they are being all sneaky. Anyway, I told my second period about it, because I was telling them I can often hear things they say…and they were so mad! Anyway, yesterday the front office called and goes “Mr. Barrow? Can you send this student up?” and my students started laughing so hard. It was pretty funny.

10. I like teaching because of summer and pretty much its a job of service, but I must say…can we please switch it to six hours like in Vegas?? I just need more day time…I can’t function at night!

11. Do not go to Walmart at ten o clock at night…the crazies are out. My dad and I had a discussion the other day on why weird people come out at night and where are they during the day?

12. I can’t find frames that will stay on my wall. I have lost four frames now and our walls are looking so bare!

13. I was noticing this morning that my husband makes the bed better than I do.

THE END

My Attempt to do the El Paso Puzzler!

Lisa and I were planning on riding the El Paso Puzzler this year, which is a 35 mile race around the Frankilin Mountains. We were warned of how hard it was and especially this one part called Mundy’s Gap.

When Mike wanted to go pre ride a portion of it, I joined in and had a huge wake up call! Needless to say I changed my mind after I tried it out…I think maybe next year!

Very awesome view on Mundy’s Gap!
Mike riding in the snow!

Hard stuff! 6000 feet!

The trail switchbacked around the mountain…